The new flight with 158 passengers aboard landed at Shah Amanat International Airport at 8:55am, 10 minutes ahead of scheduled time.

State minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Md. Nasiruddin received the passengers at the airport.

From now on, the Biman flight will be operating once a week. It will depart Chittagong airport half an hour after its arrival here at 9:05am on every Wednesday, Biman sources said.